diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0e6e10bc..29dafc5d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
This changelog will be used to generate documentation on [release notes page](http://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/app-insights-release-notes-dotnet/).
+## Version 2.12.0-beta1
+- [New: TelemetryConfiguration now supports Connection Strings]https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-dotnet/issues/1221)
## Version 2.11.0
- Upgrade to System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource v4.6
diff --git a/GlobalStaticVersion.props b/GlobalStaticVersion.props
index 8e9a52641..04ecce7e4 100644
--- a/GlobalStaticVersion.props
+++ b/GlobalStaticVersion.props
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
Update for every public release.
-->
2
- 11
+ 12
0
-
+ beta1
- 2019-07-08
+ 2019-09-23